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'''Faragism''' is an [[File:Econlib.png]] [[Fiscal Conservatism|economically liberal,]][[File:PostConbert.png]] civically variable, [[File:SocialConservative.png]] [[Traditionalism|socially conservative,]] and [[File:Nation.png]] nationalist ideology based on the political beliefs of former leader of both [[File:ReformUK.png]] [[Right-Wing Populism|Reform UK (formerly the Brexit Party)]] and [[File:UKUKIP.png]] the [[National Liberalism|United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)]] and Member of the European Parliament Nigel Farage. Farage has commonly displayed his [[File:Euroscept.png]] [[Separatism|opposition to the EU,]] [[File:Cultural_Nationalism.png]] [[Cultural Nationalism|favor of the assimilation of migrants,]] and his [[File:Cball-UK.png]] [[Nationalism|British nationalism.]]
As a life-long Eurosceptic, Farage joined the [[National Liberalism|United Kingdom Independence Party aka [[File:UKUKIP.png]] UKIP]], which (as the name may suggest) was- a party mainly focused on the secession of the UK from the EU. FarageHe would subsequently be elected as leader of UKIP on two seperate occasions- firstly serving from 2006-2009 and then from 2010-2016. Under his second period of leadership, in the 2010s, attracting the growing eurosceptics in the country and defecting [[File:Con-t.png]] Tories who were disappointed in the more liberal direction the party was going under [[File:Cameronism.png]] [[Liberal Conservatism|David Cameron]]. During this time, UKIP was branded as a [[File:Clib.png]] [[Classical Liberalism|Classical Liberal]]/[[File:Libertarian.png]] [[Libertarianism|Libertarian]] party with nationalistic and populist tendencies. UKIP also caused much controversy, due to their heavy focus on anti-immigration and British nationalism, which caused people to deem them as "racist" and "xenophobic". While not getting any seats in UK parliament due to the country's FPTP system, it got the third highest popular vote in the 2015 UK election and got the most seats in EU parliament in 2014. In 2016, The UK voted to leave the EU, which was what Farage and the rest of the party wanted from the beginning. Farage stepped down as leader due to finally accomplishing his life-dream and UKIP was now stuck in a weird position because of it. However due to Theresa May's delays on Brexit, UKIP could now see a second-boost from this. But instead, the party moved more to the fringe right under Gerard Batten, who hired far-right figures like [[File:TomRob.png]] [[Alt-Lite|Tommy Robinson]] and focused more on opposition to [[File:Muslim 2.png]] [[Islamic Theocracy|Islam]]. This caused Farage to leave the party and start another under the name of the "Brexit Party", which took all of UKIP's seats in EU parliament. After the UK officially left the EU in 2020, Farage again retired from politics. However, in June 2024, a month before the 2024 general election, Farage returned to politcs, reclaiming his sport as the Reform Party (formerly named the Brexit Party) 's leader, and standing for election as a MP.
Former Prime Minister and leader of the [[File:Con-t.png]] [[Conservatism|Tory Party]], [[File:BoJo.png]] [[One-Nation Conservatism|Boris Johnson]] has been cited as espousing populist rhetoric and policies, specifically during his campaigning for [[File:Euroscept.png]] Brexit and the 2019 UK Election. During his premiership, he has implemented [[File:Nativism.png]] stronger limits on immigration based on the point-based system in [[File:Cball-Australia.png]] Australia and [[File:PolState.png]] law and order policies. However, recently he has come into conflict with other right-wing populists over his lockdown restrictions during COVID.
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